A review by maddiereadswords
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The pacing of this book was so painfully slow for the first, like, third of it, but once it picked up, it was SO worth the read!! I do wish that we'd gotten more of the development of Mary and Maisie's relationship, but I can't lie, the beautiful writing, the realistic characters, and the fact that the concept of "lesbian Victorian paleontologist Frankenstein-ing a dinosaur" feels like it was developed in a lab specifically to appeal to me personally allows me to forgive a lot. Like...be gay, do crimes against god, you know?
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